State of Texas - April 14, 2024

Conservative challengers push a 'Contract with Texas' to change the leadership in the Texas House and diminish the power of Democrats. We look closer at the plan and how it could affect the course of the legislature. There's new progress to strengthen the state's power grid after the devastating failures in February 2021. The groundbreaking of a new plant aims to bring more megawatts to Texas. A new study raises concern about workers essential to our election system. The problem: they're quitting - and some of the problem is blamed on voters themselves. State of Texas is a statewide, in-depth program focused solely on Texas politics. Produced at KXAN in Austin and airing in 14 markets across the state, the show gives viewers greater perspective on the Texas Legislature, state policy and elections.